CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Sentencing is set this week for a fired nursing assistant who admitting to killing seven elderly veterans with fatal doses of insulin at a West Virginia hospital. Still a mystery is what provoked Reta Mays to commit the crimes. Mays pleaded guilty last year to intentionally killing the patients with wrongful …
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HONOLULU (AP) – Scientists in Hawaii have started to introduce native damselflies into the wild on Oahu’s North Shore to help repopulate the insect and potentially save the species from extinction. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources has been releasing orange-black Hawaiian damselflies to an area near Dillingham Air Field, about 50 miles …
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Malaysian authorities have captured eight suspected Abu Sayyaf militants who may have been planning ransom kidnappings in Malaysia, Philippine military officials said Monday, adding that they provided information that helped lead to the arrests. The Filipino militants were arrested Saturday in Sabah state on Borneo island, were they fled in March …
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More than seven months after the official launch of the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, nearly half of female soldiers are still falling short, with enlisted women struggling the most, Military.com has learned. The data again raises questions about whether the Army‘s attempt to create a fitter force is creating more barriers to success …
The 18th Airborne Corps has directed that anyone found guilty of sexual assault or harassment will immediately begin the process for administrative separation, marking a significant departure from how assault and harassment are handled elsewhere in the Army. The changes are a direct result of a series of pitches soldiers made during the corps’ Dragon’s …
